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From: "A. John Birkholz" <>
Subject: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] CHI TIH 20 December 1999
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 06:57:42 -0000


I apologize for the confusion of dates on the last posting. The subject
line date of 19 December was correct. The date December 18 in the
body was incorrect. [I tried to take a short cut] <grin>

This is the sixth of a one week's evaluation of an enlarged and
expanded CHI TIH feature. If you wish to comment please contact
me or the list owner. Our addresses are at the end of the article.

Today in History (December 20):

1776 Third Continental Congress opens at Baltimore, Maryland

1787 The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, the
Shaking Quakers or Shakers, began a revival movement in colonial America
that ignited religious fervor among other denominations, especially in
Kentucky and other frontier regions

1803 Death of Samuel Hopkins (b. 1721), colonial American theologian;
converted under the preaching of George Whitefield and Gilbert Tennant,
Hopkins studied theology under Jonathan Edwards; he pastored two
Congregational churches during his life: one in Great Barrington,
Massachusetts (1743-69), and the other at Newport, Rhode Island (1769-1803);
for the last 30 years of his ministry, Hopkins wrote and preached against
slavery - the first American Congregational abolitionist; *** more details
available

1823 J. H. Baden, Lutheran editor, founder of missions, born at
Westeresch, Hannover

1845 Baldwin Institute was first chartered in Berea, Ohio, by Methodists;
in 1854 the school changed its name to Baldwin University; in 1914 the
college joined with German Wallace College and adopted the new name
Baldwin-Wallace University

1849 William Miller, originator of the Advent Movement which predicted a
definite time for Christ's Second Coming; died in Low Hampton, New York (b.
1782); following his conversion in 1816, Miller became interested in second
coming of the Lord; he went on a speaking tour in 1841 and predicted that
the Lord's second coming would occur sometime between March 21, 1843,
and March 21, 1844

1856 Newberry College was chartered in Newberry, South Carolina, under
Lutheran auspices; the main campus was transferred to Walhalla, South
Carolina, in 1868, but returned to Newberry in 1877

1863 Birth of C. C. (Charles Cutler) Torrey, American biblical linguist;
he taught at Andover Seminary (1892-1900) then at Yale University (1900-32);
as first director of the School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (1900-01),
Torrey was a specialist in Aramaic and in apocryphal and pseudepigraphical
literature; *** more details available

1866 Gustav Adolf Fandrey, Lutheran pastor in the Midwest, president of
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, born in Samter, Posen,
Germany

1884 Martin C. Kosche, Addison, 1903; teacher in Snohomish, Washington;
retired 1956; born in Chicago, Illinois

For the current trial and evaluation please direct your comments to
me or Mary and not to the mailing list.

To do that please do not hit the reply button, but rather open a new
e-letter, copy and paste one or both of our e-mail addresses, which are near
the bottom of this message, into the address box of your new e-letter [if
you use both addresses seperate them by a semicolon and a space]. All we
need for your response to this trial is the acronym _ PSA _ in the subject
line and your comments in the body of the e-letter. We do not need copies
of this message unless you find fault with the message itself.

If you wish to use these items, please get permission.
Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS
was received from
Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director
Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921
801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901
St. Louis, MO 63105-3168
Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/

for now,
contributor
John Birkholz

The list owner is
Mary D. Taffet

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